Pastry-fork.



No.' 674,96I.

' K. CRAIG;

, PASTHY Funk..

(Applicntion med Aug. 2 1900.)

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" I -Jliergeys 'A medium of the improved implement.

" UNITED STATES PATENTv OFFICE.

.KATE CRAIG, E FORT DODGE, IOWA.

, PAsTRY-FoRK.

- SPECIFICATIN forming part vof Letters Patent No.A 674,961, dated May28,` 1901;

Application led August 2,1900. Serial No. 25,681. (No model.) I

To all n-'zlom it may concern.- Be it known that I, 4KATE CRAIG, acitizen ofthe United States, residing at Fort Dodge, in the county ofWebster and State of Iowa,

5 have invented certain new and useful In1.

provements in l'astryFoI-ks,l of which the foilowing is aspecification'.

This invention relates to pastry-forks; and the object of the same is toprovide-simple and effective means` for preparing and thoroughly mixingpastry-dough, so that it will be more flaky` when baked orcooked, and insuch preparation'- to depart from the ordinary custom of stirring up orkneading and in lien thereof chop or disintegrate the dough through the'lhe invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter'described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fork embodying thefeatures of the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the improved forkin inverted position.' Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section throughthe tines ofthe fork.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

' fork, which, as shown, isopen and basa shank I The numeral 1designates the handle of the 2 projecting therefrom. From the shank a L"i plurality of tines 3 emanate, separated by regular open spaces 4theupper edges 5 of said tines being blunt and uniformly in the sameconcave plane and the lower edges 6 reyduced to form cutters and allsimilarly confbetween the ,several tines to permit'chopped I. materialto pass upwardly therethrough;

I Witnesses:

pastr '-dough to render it more flaky-and de-l sirable when baked orcooked. In this use the handle l is grasped and the cutting edges` 6held downward and brought to bear with forceful effect into contact withthe dough.

i The tines lare also used during such intended purpose toldraw. orscrape up the dough, so

as to continuallybring new quantities thereof in position for separationby the edges 6.

The improved devicer is exceptionally :sim-

ple, and the cost of manufacture and sale will be reduced to a minimum,and it is obviously l apparent that changes in the form, size,proportions, and minor details may be resorted to' without departingfrom the principle of the invention. Having thus described theinvention, what is claimed as .uew is 1. As an improved article of=manufacture a pastry-fork having the lower edges of the tines throughouttheir full length formed -as cutters.`

2. As an improvedarticle of manufacture a pastry-fork having a pluralityof tines withv open spaces between throughout theirfull length, theupper edges of the tinesbeing uniformly concaved and the lower edgessimilarly convexed and sharpened throughout their full length tojformcutting edges which."

.terminate in outer points.

In testimony thatl claim the the presence of two witnesses.

KATE CRAIG.

' foregoing as vmy own I have hereto affixed my signature in

